Friday, February 22, 2013

If you ever wondered how to string
join the limbs of your small bear... here's how.

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Once
you have your teddy cut, sewn and stuffed, and of course, you have also joined
the head to the body with a couple of discs and cotter pin(s); you can start
joining the limbs to the body.

To do this you’ll need a fairly long
piece of upholstery thread, a doll needle (long enough to go from one side to
the other of the body), and a few pins to mark where the limbs will be attached
to the body.

With double upholstery thread on your
needle and a nice knot, insert needle at the side of the body where one of the
legs will be sewn to. Make a knot to secure the thread.

Then
insert the needle from one side to the other of the pin of the leg. Abouta 0.5cm – 1/8” stitch.

Insert
the needle and thread back into the body (where you’ve started)

And
through the body coming out where the other pin is (that’s where the other leg
will be attached).

Pull
thread tight and make a couple of knots to secure.

Make
a stitch with the needle from one side to the other of the pin of the leg (like
you did with the first leg)

Insert
the needle and thread back into the body, coming out across the other side of
the body, where the opposite arm will be attached (my index is pointing where
the needle should come out).

Pull
thread tight and make a couple of knots to secure.

Make
a stitch with the needle from one side to the other of the pin of the arm (like
you did with the legs)

Insert
the needle and thread back where the knot is, and through the body coming out
where the other pin is (that’s where the other arm will be attached).

Pull
thread tight and make a couple of knots to secure.

Make
a stitch with the needle from one side to the other of the pin of the arm (like
you did with the first arm)

Insert
the needle and thread back into the body coming out at the back seam of the
body.

Pull
thread tight and finish off with a couple of knots. Cut excess thread off… and
you’re done!

Your
little bear is now ready to give you a hug or wait to be dressed…!

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About Me

My name is Monica Spicer and I have been designing and having fun creating bears since the early 1990's.
I have learned a lot in these past years and as much as I would like to travel and teach around the world, I find I'm not able to because of health reasons, so the next best thing is to share my knowledge with all of you through the wonders of the internet… :0)
These are the free 'on line tutorials' everyone has been asking for.
I've decided to list them here to make it easier to download whenever you need them, without having to email me and ask for them to be sent by email.
I do hope you'll find them useful and make your bear making a lot easier and enjoyable.
Please feel free to email me with any questions you might have, as I'll be only to happy to help you out if I can... :0)